"I
love to play with light. I make a sculpture, shine a light through it and
boom, it makes big, often unexpected patterns. Creating sculptures
that intercept and change the direction of light as light flies through
space is new and fun. Even
though I have been doing this since 1968, I never know exactly what is
going to happen.

Can
I make the sculpture and the light patterns work together? Can I make it say
what I want? I want my art to keep me looking and help push my freedom and
enthusiasm for life."

Toby
Raetze "plays with light" by making what he calls light-cymbals
and other colorful and colorless sculptural creations. Some of Raetze works
are clear hanging circles others colorful boxes. When direct light meets his
work it seems to transform into something grand and wonderful like a
blooming flower.